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  • Title: Adsorption of heavy metals onto sewage sludge-derived materials.
    Author: Rozada F, Otero M, Morán A, García AI.
    Journal: Bioresour Technol; 2008 Sep; 99(14):6332-8. PubMed ID: 18234495.
    Abstract:
    Two materials were produced from sewage sludge by: (1) pyrolysis of dried sewage sludge (PS); (2) chemical activation of dried sewage sludge with ZnCl(2) followed by pyrolysis (AS). The aim was to study the application of these materials for metal purification from water and to determine the efficiency of each material. Although AS displayed higher capacity, both PS and AS were able to adsorb these metals and the preferential order was equal: Hg(II)>Pb(II)>Cu(II)>Cr(III). For each metal-adsorbent pair, metal adsorption was highly pH dependent. In all cases the equilibrium was well described both by the Langmuir and the Freundlich isotherms. At the corresponding optimum pH, AS showed the following adsorption capacities: 175.4, 64.1, 30.7 and 15.4 mg/g of Hg(II), Pb(II), Cu(II) and Cr(III), respectively. These results indicate the potential application of these sewage sludge based adsorbents for the treatment of metal polluted effluents.
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